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Howard Amster bought $489k of PFX

director, owner at PhenixFIN Corp. 11,500 shares at an average of $42.56, traded Mar 3, 2026, filed Mar 5, 2026.

Conviction score
47
Value
$489k
11,500 shares
Holdings after
248,248
+5% from before
From 52-week low
0%
low $40.93, close $40.93
From 52-week high
-25%
high $54.28, as of Mar 3, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $489k at market
    +18
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 4.9%
    0
  • Price context
    0% above the 52-week low; 25% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -8.9%, 3m +8.4%, 6m +9.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PFXOct 12, 2026 · close 44.94
Since filing Mar 5, 2026: +7.1%SPY +15.1% · excess -8.0%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001213900-26-024222, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 3, 2026POpen-market purchase
COMMON STOCK, $0.001 par value
+11,500$42.56$489k248,248Mar 5, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at PhenixFIN Corp and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
41Moderate
PFXbuy
PhenixFIN Corp
David A Lorber
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
$390k
8,656 shares
+4%
70Notable
PFXbuy
PhenixFIN Corp
David A Lorber
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
$1.7M
42,065 shares
+21%
61Notable
PFXbuy 2
PhenixFIN Corp
David A Lorber
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
$78k
1,705 shares
+1%
49Moderate
PFXbuy 2
PhenixFIN Corp
Ellida McMillan
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$7,069
156 shares
+5%
49Moderate
PFXbuy 2
PhenixFIN Corp
Ellida McMillan
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$1,628
37 shares
+1%
49Moderate
PFXbuy 2
PhenixFIN Corp
David A Lorber
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
$51k
1,146 shares
+1%
43Moderate
PFXbuy 2
PhenixFIN Corp
Ellida McMillan
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$12k
248 shares
+8%
45Moderate
PFXbuy 3
PhenixFIN Corp
Lowell W Robinson
director
$6,259
130 shares
+5%
48Moderate
PFXbuy 3
PhenixFIN Corp
Lowell W Robinson
director
$13k
262 shares
+10%
48Moderate
PFXbuy 3
PhenixFIN Corp
Lowell W Robinson
director
$14k
284 shares
+12%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Howard Amster bought $489k of PFX | InsiderTell